Soap-dispensing machine.



Patented April l1, 1905.

@Finca \\'lLLL-\i\l B. MOORE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SOAP-DlSPENSING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION fOlmng part 0f Letters Patent No. 787,342, (lated April 11, 1905.

Application i'llell July 25,1904, Serial No. 217,929.

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Be it known that l, 'ILLIAM B. Moons, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the coun tyof Hudson and State o't' New Jersey, have invented certain new and usclul lmprovements in Soap-Dispensing Machines; and ldo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description o't' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanying drawings` and to numerals ot' reference marked thereon, which torni a part ot this specilcatitm.

'llhis invention relates to soap-dispensing' devices t'or toilet use and which are adapted to maintain a supply ot soap in sanitary condil,

tion and deliver a portion when desired without wastage or contamination ot the remaining soap.

More particularly, the invention relates to devices For dispensing' liquid soap.

'lhe objects ot' the invention are to secure a device which shall be hig'hly sanitary, to secure a simple construction and one not liable to get out ot' order, to t'acilitatea i'eady cleaning ot' the device and its parts, and to secure other advantages and results, some ot which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working' parts.

The invention consists in the improved soapdispensing' machine and in the arrangements and combinations ot parts ot' the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses otl the claim.

Referring to the accompanying' drawings, in which like numerals ot reference indicate corresponding parts in both tigures, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view otl my improved machine, and Fig. Q illustrates a slightlyniodilied construction otl discharge or delivery parts.

ln said drawings, Q indicates a bracket ot' any suitable construction by means ot which the body part ot' my improved device can be suspended on a wall Said body part comprises a receptacle for containing the liquid soap and a central plunger 5, slidable with respect to the said receptacle. ,lhe receptacle 4L has a sloping' or tunnel-shaped bot-tom (i, a handle T at one side, and a removable cover 8, providing a central bearing t'or the plunger-rod. The said plunger has at its up per end outside the cover S an eye S), which receives a hook l() on the su pportiiig-bracket '2.

At the lower end or bottom ot' the body part ot' my device is the discharge or delivery means, which will next be described.

The sloping' floor ot' the receptacle leads to a central exit inthe form ot' a short tube, and in said tubular exit lies the lower end ot' the plunger Back t'rom its extremity the plunger-rod is recessed or reduced, as at 1Q, and stop means, such as a pin 12%, serve to normally hold the receptacle and plunger in such relative position that the head or lower end ot' the plung'ei' lies in the tubular' exit described and the reduced portion ot' the plunger partly in the exit and partly in the receptacle. Vhen, therefore, thel receptacle is slid with reference to the plunger, the head ot' the plunger is projected from the exit, while its main or body part closes the inner end ot' the exit and the soap contained in the recessed portion 12 otl the plunger is discharged. vIn the pi'e t'eri'ed construction (shown in Fig'. l) the head 11 ot' the plunger is enlarged over the size otl the plunger, and the inner walls ot' the exit 15 are recessed, as at 16, to receive said head. An exit-tube 17, as shown in Fig'. Q, may, however, be equally well employed, havingl a restricted portion 1S, receiving' a head 19 ot the plunger, which is of less diameter than the plunger. Obviously the size ot' the reduced or recessed portion 1Q ot' the plunger may be varied according' to the amount ot soap it is desired to discharge.

The extremities ot' both the discharge-tube and the plunger-head are preferably tapered or beveled to prevent the adherence otl soap thereto. This is shown in Fig. 1 as accom plished by hollowing` out the end ot' the plunger, as at 20, and beveling the walls thus formed at their inner side, while the walls ot' the discharge-tube 15 are outwardly beveled. ln Fig', 2 the end ot the plunger is tapered, as

at 2l, and the tube-walls are beveled at the outside to lie in the same conical surface therewith when the parts are in normal position.

Obviously instead of suspending' my improved device from the bracket 2 it may be suspended from any other kind of a suitable support, or since it is necessary only that the receptacle and plunger be slidable with respect to each other the receptacle could be supported and the plunger adapted for direct reciprocation by the operator. Furthermore, my device is not limited to dispensing soap, but can be employed for other purposes, as measuring or the like.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new isl. The combination with a receptacle having a tubular eXit, of a plunger having an interior portion fitting said eXit and adapted to pass therethrough and project from the same, said plunger having a reduced portion at the outer end of said interior portion, and a head beyond said reduced portion.

2. The combination with a receptacle having a tubular exit, of a plunger' having at its extremity a head normally closing said exit, said plunger' having adjacent to said head a reduced portion normally lying partly in the exit and partly in the receptacle, and having an interior portion fitting the exit and adapted to pass freely therethrough and project from the same.

3. The combination with a receptacle having a tubular exit with a radially-enlarged outer portion forming at its inner end a stop, of a plunger having' an interior portion fitting said exit and adapted to pass freely therethrough and project from the same, and having at its extremity a head fitting the enlarged portion of the exit and adapted to engage said stop, and having between said inner portion and head a reduced portion of greater length than the smaller portion of the exit.

4. The combination with a receptacle having a tubular exit with a radially-enlarged outer portion forming at its inner end a stop, of a plunger having an interior portion fitting' said exit and adapted to pass freely therethrough and project from the same, and having' Yat its extremity a head fitting' the enlarged portion of the exit 'and adapted to engage said stop, and having between said inner portion and head a reduced portion of greater length than the smaller portion of the exit and of less length than the entire exit.

5. The combination with the receptacle having acentral bearing at one end and an exit-tube at the other, a plunger arranged in said bearing and having' a head normally lying in said exittube, said plunger having adjacent to its head a recessed portion lying in both the exit-tube and the receptacle and means for supporting the entire device by the Lipper end of said plunger.

6. The combination with a receptacle having a tubular exit, of a plunger having portions fitting' said exit and being reduced or recessed between said portions, said portions being adapted to enter said exit one from each end and one of them to travel inward past the limit of travel of the other, whereby the entire inner surface of the exit is cleaned at each operation of the machine.

7. The combination with a receptacle having a tubular exit with two portions of different diameters, of a plunger having two portions adapted to lit, respectively, the said portions of the exit and being reduced between said portions, said two portions of the plunger being' adapted at each operation of the plunger to travel over the entire inner surface of the exit, and the said larger portion serving as a stop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of July, 1904.

VILLIAM B. MOORE. Vitnesses:

NATHAN J. ORowELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT. 

